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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jul 30

Bathtub (modified) boat races Aug. 1972 Nanaimo BC. Home of the famous Nanaimo bar dessert

Orange bathtub with fiberglass skirt to make it a racing boat in A&W livery. Plowing through the water

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jul 27

River otters like Kong dog toys filled with snacks at the Oregon Zoo

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jul 25

A grand doggie day on Pismo Beach

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jul 21

Cracker wheel cover for our cheese wedge gravity race art car

Carved foam in the shape of a stack of savory crackers covering the front wheel of an art soapbox car

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jul 17

Gingerbread Factory cookie with chocolate, jam, frosting and of course gingerbread - from Leavenworth, WA

Heart shaped cookie with heart shaped cutout showing off jam and chocolates filling. Red and yellow heart in the white frosting. Tasted as good as it looked

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jul 13

Plymouth station wagon in Death Valley - 1974 family vacation.
The most stars I have ever seen was on a cool still night in Death Valley.
Kodachrome 64 aging blue (no color adjustment)

Far flat plain of dusky browns with white 60s station wagon in the foreground.

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jul 9

Picked 5 kinds of berries on Sauvie Island near Portland today. Time to bake and freeze!

From top going clockwise: boysenberry, meeker raspberry, cascade gold raspberry, tulameen raspberry, marionberry

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jul 8

A friend planted an agave 10 years ago and it has decided to flower. The stalk can grow up to a foot a day and when blooming is done, it dies - leaving “pups” to start anew.

Flower buds atop a slender spike towering over a house, set against a cerulean sky.

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jul 6

Falafels in San Jose,CA still tasty. It stays light so late that I couldn’t catch the neon at its best

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 29

On a quiet rural road in south central Washington is a Greek Orthodox Monastery that sells delicious traditional food

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 26

Southern Pacific steam train hammering up the grade in central CA 1981. Painted in Daylight livery, it is heading home to Portland.

Large tower of white steam boils out of black, red, and orange painted American vintage steam locomotive in the hills

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 24

Family home in Santa Monica CA 1954. Kodachrome slide no color correction! #LA1920style

Turquoise small house with dull red tile roof. Crenellated top on one corner. Maybe a nod to the storybook architecture style popular in LA in the 1920s.

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 20

Rural England cricket match with our old neighbor, Reg, playing wicketkeeper. 1975

Men dressed in white playing cricket near Oxford on a warm summer day

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 18

Hitting farm stores in central WA, I had to buy this Walla Walla Relish Relish #oniony

Jar of enticing orange hued relish made from sweet Washington onions with an amusing typo.

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 16

New rear wheel assembly for Mt. Tabor Soapbox car. #wheelsStayAttachedPlease

Steel hub, axle, bearings, nuts, and spacers all ready for assembly

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 12

Cooler Portland weather made for a pleasant dinner on the Columbia watching the sailboats

Wide Columbia River dotted with sailboats sporting black and white sails

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 11

What is a group of dragons called? #gourdArt

Four gourds decorated as dragons sitting in a row. Very colorful!

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 9

My sister made a pilgrimage to Casa Bonita in Colorado and brought me back this tea towel and a churro scented car air freshener. The documentary ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! is very well done #churroTime

A printed tea towel with scenes from the famous Colorado restaurant Casa Bonita

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 6

Ready for the warm and sunny craft fair today. #birdsInBonnets

A dried gourd fashioned into a happy purple bird made with paper maché accents and a chic sun hat.

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 4

Break dancin’ ceramic Uncle Sams for sale. #patrioticKitsch

Winsome figurines of a husky bearded man in red, white and blue. He shows off different break dancing poses with a far away smile.

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · Jun 2

4 person percussion band advertising a movie in August 1955 Japan. I wonder what the movie was? #castOfCharacters

Musicians in white makeup with drums walking along a country road with nautical hats and parasols. Carrying a movie poster

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · May 28

Dragon gourds are coming along for the craft fair #ratherShowy

Gourd with curled neck has added paper maché parts to turn it into a pensive red dragon with gold embellishments

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · May 26

Dogwood trees are at peak bloom now in Portland. Flower to leaf ratio is impressive, and for just a short window.

Delicate 4 lobe white flowers cover a medium dogwood tree in a tidy yard.

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Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · May 24

Cool 3D printable articulated platypus - file purchased from MatMire Makes. The model is 4 color but I just did 2 and will paint. He sells a whole zoo! #bendyPus

White jointed plastic duck billed platypus on a countertop

Bobo 9001 @bobo9001.bsky.social · May 22

Japanese Festival, April 1955. Look how that Kodachrome 25 holds color after 70 years.

Colorful group of Japanese children posing for pictures at a street festival

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